Putting together a bebop podcast (which we’ll see here whenever I get it finished), this intro from 1941 by Kenny Clarke jumped out at me— the tune is Hot House, and the playing feels more […]
Over at Let’s Cool One, Larry Appelbaum, jazz specialist at the US Library of Congress, does a Before & After (his variation of the blindfold test) with Ed Thigpen, from 2005. My favorite part, on […]
I just got a couple of nice notes from drummer and writer Chip Stern (Modern Drummer, Jazz Times)- he’s made a bunch of big contributions to the literature of drumming, including an interview with Papa […]